Raiders Re-Imagined

Here’s an intriguing item that popped up recently. Steven Soderbergh has posted a re-imagined version of Raiders of the Lost Ark, replacing the audio and removing the color, all to enhance the ‘staging’ of the movie. The film producer has a point; even without the classic score, quote-friendly dialogue and saturated colors, the film fizzes with atmosphere and I’m sure others could learn a lot from this toned-down masterpiece.

I read somewhere that Spielberg originally wanted to produce the film in black and white. Whilst I’m glad that he didn’t, I can see his reasoning. Visit Soderbergh’s Extension 765 website to see the film.

Child of the 80's. Born, raised and living in the Cheshire countryside, England.Lover of fan art, especially if it is based on my childhood heroes from Masters of the Universe, Thundercats, Transformers and TMNT. Penchant for almost anything retro, especially movies, games and art.